The Ugandan government is increasingly emphasizing input distribution over extension advisory services in its agricultural budget allocations, broadly defined.
Rice is becoming increasingly important for Ugandan farm households, both as a cash crop and staple food.
To feed a growing and increasingly urbanized population, Uganda needs to increase crop production without further exhausting available resources.
Despite favorable agro-ecological conditions, agricultural productivity in Uganda remains low.
This paper investigates the factors influencing the effectiveness of second-tier rural producer organizations (RPO) in linking their members to output markets in Uganda.
The Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA) Secretariat has played an important and vital role in the design and delivery of agriculture policy and planning services in Uganda since 2000.
Food-for-Education (FFE) programs can help Uganda fight malnutrition and hunger while broadening access to primary education.
The International Food Policy Research Institute has been undertaking policy research and capacity strengthening activities in Uganda since about 1998.
Agricultural cooperatives in Uganda date back to 1913 as a response to the disadvantageous terms of trade imposed on smallholder farmers by colonial administrators and middlemen who monopolized both domestic and export markets for coffee and cotto
Due to their highly democratic and locally autonomous nature, cooperatives have a potentially strong role in reducing poverty and social exclusion, and promoting rural and national development (Develtere et al. 2008; Birchall 2004, 2003).